As we head towards the close of the season, we are working hard to put the polishing touches on our business goals, priorities, and deliverables for the coming year. Some call it creating New Year's resolutions; some call it setting intentions (more on that next week!), while some simply call it smart business practice. [...]
Lately, it seems that sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and other variants of sweeteners are all over the news. Sugar addiction can be blamed for a host of ailments and most doctors will tell you that no matter what your situation – you should cut your sugar intake. But what does sugar addiction actually [...]
In preparation for a series on consciousness and awareness, I have been doing some research, which led me to a number of product offerings designed to entrain the brain into a readiness state conducive to meditation. I have found a couple that I will use and be reporting back on in the coming weeks. [...]
Insights from Millennials I read a blog post from Huffington Post recently that solidified my thoughts on the wisdom of youth and the evolution of the collective unconsciousness. Today’s young adult generation “Millennials”, to a large degree, realize intuitively something that took me many years to learn and that is that Boomers got it all wrong [...]
I have spent the last few years trying to convince myself that turning 65 was a non-event. It turns out that God has a tremendous sense of humor. A few weeks ago, I, like many other boomers turned sixty-five. They say that sixty-five is the new fifty, and while I still believe that, the [...]
Lately, I have begun to work more closely with Multi-Level marketing (MLM) people through my membership in BNI. I have to admit, I have previously held a negative bias about MLM. This perspective is rooted in an experience with one MLM in particular which directly affected a friendship. These friends, unfortunately “drank the Kool-Aide” [...]
Cancer - a word you do not want to hear from your doctor When my wife was diagnosed with cancer twenty months ago, we immediately began to research both conventional allopathic treatment and alternative options, along with how to prevent a recurrence. For her breast cancer, it was clear that conventional treatment was the [...]
Many people are stuck in victim energy or see others as victims - what if we were not broken? We choose to remain broken, it is a way of being a victim and not needing to take responsibility for ourselves. We become our disease. Oh, I can't do that - I have cancer. Or [...]
I have not been blogging for the last couple of months, and I feel freed from it. My coaching practice is focused on busy executives that either need to get out of their current gig and start their own venture - or look at their current gig and change their "stinking thinking" about it. [...]
“You can do it alone. But it's going to be so much harder." It sounds somewhat harsh, but author Jennifer Egan hits the nail on the head. Launching your second career venture is not a solo practice, even if you are a solopreuneur. It takes a village to launch your efforts. There is a side [...]
